'Intestine' definitions:
Definition of 'intestine'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Intestine'
From: GCIDE
- Intestine \In*tes"tine\, n.; pl. Intestines. [L. intestinum: cf. F. intestin. See Intestine, a.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. (Anat.) That part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus. [1913 Webster]
- 2. pl. The bowels; entrails; viscera. [1913 Webster]
- Large intestine (Human Anat. & Med.), the lower portion of the bowel, terminating at the anus. It is adapted for the retention of fecal matter, being shorter, broader, and less convoluted than the small intestine; it consists of three parts, the c[ae]cum, colon, and rectum.
- Small intestine (Human Anat. & Med.), the upper portion of the bowel, in which the process of digestion is practically completed. It is narrow and contorted, and consists of three parts, the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Intestine'
From: GCIDE
- Intestine \In*tes"tine\, a. [L. intestinus, fr. intus on the inside, within, fr. in in: cf. F. intestine. See In.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Internal; inward; -- opposed to external. [1913 Webster]
- Epilepsies, fierce catarrhs, Intestine stone and ulcers. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Internal with regard to a state or country; domestic; not foreign; -- applied usually to that which is evil; as, intestine disorders, calamities, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Hoping here to end Intestine war in heaven, the arch foe subdued. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- An intestine struggle . . . between authority and liberty. --Hume. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Depending upon the internal constitution of a body or entity; subjective. [1913 Webster]
- Everything labors under an intestine necessity. --Cudworth. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Shut up; inclosed. [R.] --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'intestine'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abatis,
- abdomen,
- anus,
- bowels,
- brain,
- brains,
- canal,
- cecum,
- chitterlings,
- cockscomb,
- colon,
- duct,
- duodenum,
- emunctory,
- endocardium,
- entrails,
- Eustachian tube,
- Fallopian tube,
- fistula,
- foregut,
- giblets,
- gizzard,
- guts,
- haslet,
- heart,
- hindgut,
- home,
- inland,
- innards,
- inner mechanism,
- inside,
- insides,
- interior,
- internal,
- internals,
- intestines,
- inward,
- inwards,
- jejunum,
- kidney,
- kidneys,
- kishkes,
- large intestine,
- liver,
- liver and lights,
- lung,
- marrow,
- meatus,
- midgut,
- municipal,
- national,
- native,
- ostium,
- oviduct,
- perineum,
- pore,
- pump,
- pylorus,
- rectum,
- salpinx,
- small intestine,
- spleen,
- stomach,
- sweetbread,
- thoracic duct,
- ticker,
- tongue,
- tripe,
- tripes,
- ureter,
- urethra,
- vagina,
- vas,
- vermiform appendix,
- vessel,
- viscera,
- vitals,
- works